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Re: What is your Surefire 6P setup?

My 6P has a body made by forum member Fivemega that can hold an 18650 lithium ion battery, and it is powering an EO-4 incandescent lamp from Lumensfactory. It's about 150 lumens out the front for over an hour.

If you're willing to spend the money for a charger and the lithium ion batteries, then it's a cost-effective way to enjoy incan light without feeling guilty about burning through regular batteries. If you want to keep using Surefire batteries, then your best bet is an LED dropin, like the others have suggested. Since you find the Malkoff a bit pricey, you might find the LED dropins (found in the D26 section) at Lumensfactory a bit more your taste. The three-mode warm-white high CRI version is $28, and the single mode is $24. A great deal for a unit that will produce a good spectrum and good output. There are many others, some of which may be cheaper, but you get what you pay for in this hobby!

Re: What is your Surefire 6P setup?

My 6P is an old-school round one, so I couldn't replace the bezel if I wanted to.
I have a "soft-press" McClicky switch in it. Tried the hard-press based on reviews, but found it inconvenient for mode-switching duties.
I don't much care for twisty action, so I haven't tried a Zero-Res - but I am interested in the robustness and current-handling.
I run 2xCR123.
Currently, I have a 3-mode NailBender neutral XM-L in there.
When I get the M61 neutral hi-CRI Nichia 219 drop-in for my C2, I'll put my M61W back into the 6P - where it came from, and where it belongs.
I don't think I'll go back to the hard-press boot, however.
I have 3 Surefires, and in a week I'll have 3 M61's (W, 219, and L HCRI.) I'm going to pair them up as my "Always dependable, indestructible, never fail me" lights.
(The Low-output HCRI is in a G2z.)
The neutral XM-L will give new life to a SolarForce L2P. I do like it a lot, and NB does great work, at competitive prices.
For some of my other P60 hosts, I have (or am getting) a NB XR-E optic, EDC+ neutral XM-L, and vinhnguyen54 Nichia 219 drop-ins. These can be considered nearly as good Gene's - not as robust, but more mode and emitter options, and quite a bit less expensive.
I also have several of the SolarForce XR-E and XP-G drop-ins. They are quite good for the price, and I haven't had any functional problems with them, but they either have too many or too few modes and I lost the tint lottery on all but one.
I was going to try the LumensFactory Hi-CRI D26 module, but selected the EDC+ instead because I've bought some lights from Jason and wanted to give his drop-in a chance. I should get it next week, the same time as my new Malkoff - so I can't say for sure how good it is as yet.

Re: What is your Surefire 6P setup?

I have two 6P's. One is sitting on my rifle with a Malkoff M61HCRI and the other is in a bored 18650 6P with a brand new M61 219. All are running the surefire twisty switch for reliability purposes. I use clicky hosts for mulit-mode dropins and twistys for single mode dropins.

Re: What is your Surefire 6P setup?

dont have a 6P, but i do have a C2, G2, G2Z, and a 9P coming, all with various malkoffs
couple with McClickies, nothing fancy, kind of boring actually, but reliable and everybody in the family can easily operate.

Re: What is your Surefire 6P setup?

I have a 6p running a warm single mode solarforce dropin and a g2 running the stock p60l. I also have a generic no name led dropin that came with the g2 when I bought it on ebay but I dont trust that one 100% although it is quite bright, would love to try a malkoff but I just can justify the cost.

Re: What is your Surefire 6P setup?

I want to power my light with 1 X AW17670 rechargeable. Would the M61 still be my best choice of bulb with this?

I would... Malkoff is probably the best thing that ever happened to the 6p/9p. Either the M61 or the M60... You can't go wrong with either, but some prefer one over the other. I myself like the older M60 for a small advantage in the throw department, but some people prefer the newer M61 for the tint and all the other options you can get.

Re: What is your Surefire 6P setup?

Poor old vet who never gets more tha $65.00 cash and it goes
away. I was a sailor so now you know why. I will give the ladies whatever they ask for.
Never had seen one, when was a cop the other guys used what was furnished we had a rechargeable streamlight 20 and it worked fine. Was always in the car so it was in the charger or being used.

Now I have a 3 mode Shadow JM-07 Pro Stone White with a 26650 cell/battery that I carry as my EDC a little large. But no longer have to carry a gun so it is lighter and smaller than a gun.
Thursday night returning home in the dark the afore mention light light our way home my grand son carried the light and I pushed my walker thru the park over the grass.